diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/queries/useCreateBackfill.ts b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/queries/useCreateBackfill.ts
index 3f78285124276..3685247d7e33a 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/queries/useCreateBackfill.ts
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/ui/src/queries/useCreateBackfill.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const useCreateBackfill = ({ onSuccessConfirm }: { onSuccessConfirm: () =
         from_date: formattedDataIntervalStart,
         max_active_runs: data.requestBody.max_active_runs,
         reprocess_behavior: data.requestBody.reprocess_behavior,
-        run_backwards: false,
+        run_backwards: data.requestBody.run_backwards,
         to_date: formattedDataIntervalEnd,
       },
     });